About Aleksandr Akimov
Aleksandr Fyodorovich Akimov (Russian: Александр Фёдорович Акимов; 6 May 1953 – 10 May 1986) was a Soviet engineer who was the supervisor of the shift that worked at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Reactor Unit 4 on the night of the Chernobyl disaster, 26 April 1986. == Biography == Aleksandr Akimov was born on 6 May 1953 in Novosibirsk, then part of the Soviet Union. In 1976, Akimov graduated from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute, with the degree of specialist in engineering and automation of heat and power processes. He began his career at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in September 1979. During his first years at Chernobyl, he held positions of senior turbine management engineer and shift supervisor of the turbine hall. On 10 July 1984, Akimov was appointed to the position of shift supervisor of Reactor Unit 4. == Chernobyl disaster == On the night of 26 April 1986, Akimov was on duty as the shift supervisor of Chernobyl's electronuclear plant 4th power unit. The reactor power level had been reduced, preparing for a planned safety test. The test was supervised by deputy chief engineer Anatoly Dyatlov, who was Akimov's superior. The reactor stalled unexpectedly during test preparations, reportedly due to a mistake made by Leonid Toptunov.
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